Rocky Comes to Cube

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Rage to bring a version of the fighter over.

By IGN Staff

Publisher Rage today announced that it has entered an agreement with Glasgow-based development studio Steel Monkeys to bring a version of Rocky to Nintendo's next-generation console. The title will release along the PS2 and Xbox version in late 2002. A Game Boy Advance version is also planned.

Rocky follows the exploits of the famous fighter in a full-blown boxing game featuring not only the Italian Stallion, but other fighters Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, and Tommy Gun, to name a few. Gamers can perform a variety of boxing moves in the ring, and make a name for their boxer of choice as they search out the heavyweight title.

The company also reiterated the news that Nintendo announced last week, that a version of the inline skating game Rolling is currently in development for GameCube too, and will arrive later this year.

The title enables players to race or go freestyle in some of the world's most popular skate parks and street locations, features playable skate stars Cesa Mora, Fabiola da Silva and Jon Julio, among others. A hip soundtrack and visuals befitting of next-generation consoles will support the title.

An early screen of Rocky in action

"We are delighted to have entered into agreements with three of the UK's leading independent developers as part of our on-going commitment to widen our catalogue with exciting and original titles," commented Feargus Carroll, head of third-party development at Rage. "We believe that each of these individual titles will help Rage expand its overall publishing business and we are continuing to seek out additional, high quality titles to publish."